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It Was Sin That Killed the Savior
Reflections on Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ |
| After a month in release, perhaps it’s time for a bottom-line perspective on The Passion of the Christ from a Jewish Christian: Anyone who thinks that the Jews alone or the Jews in conjunction with the Romans were responsible for the death of Christ understands neither the nature of his death nor the nature of his life.
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By Rosalind Moss |
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The Slippery Slope of Sexual Sin
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| Much of the Anglican communion was up in arms last year over the ordination in the U.S. of an openly gay bishop. But until the Anglicans have it right on other moral issues regarding sexuality and marriage, they have no legitimate grounds for their outrage. |
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By Rober Ian Williams |
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Clothing, Culture, and Human Values
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| Short skirts, tight clothing, stiletto heels – likely we’ve all seen them in the church. What we wear should not, on such an occasion, be a source of distraction to others or sensual vanity to ourselves. |
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By Joanna Bogle |
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On Sinners in the Church
How Could it be Otherwise? |
| You’ve heard it dozens of times: How can the Catholic Church be the true church when it’s so full of sinners, even within the ranks of it’s clergy? Ah – same as it ever was. And the Bible is rife with God’s recognition that, even though it will ever be so, the gates of hell shall not prevail. |
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By Dave Armstrong |
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Cynthia
The Witness of a Quiet Life Well-Lived |
| A friend's loving tribute to the fact that sometimes the best evangelization is a life well-lived. |
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By Peggy Stinnet |